Laptop Battery Life Tests

AVG PC TuneUp comes with enhanced power-saving functionalities to help boost battery life on Windows® laptops and tablets: they throttle battery-draining hardware, turn off unnecessary features and reduce power-sapping background activities.

Browsing, Writing & Video Chat

Our professional test tool, PC Mark 8®, performed a series of tests such as video chat, web browsing, and photo editing until the battery ran dry. The results were impressive.

Sony Vaio: Battery life barely passed the 2 hour mark on the aging Sony laptop. Once we used Economy Mode & Flight Mode, the laptop lasted more than 3 1/2 hours.

HP Spectre x360: Similar results could be seen on the HP ultrabook, which saw an increase from almost 3 1/2 hours to 5 hours. Not too bad for just pressing 2 buttons in AVG PC TuneUp.

55%longer battery lifeSony Vaio 2011

145

225

54%longer battery lifeHP Spectre x360

196

301

(in minutes)

64%

longer

HP Spectre x360

68

112

30%

longer

Asus Zenbook UX-501

165

215

(in points)

Playing 3D games

Gaming is one of the most taxing tasks for any PC or laptop, so power consumption goes up drastically when playing 3D games. However, our power-saving features in AVG PC TuneUp were able to reduce energy consumption without significantly reducing game speed.

Asus Zenbook UX-501: This rather power-hungry high-end laptop lasted 2 hours and 45 minutes with nonstop playing Grand Theft Auto V. Once we activated all of AVG PC TuneUp's battery-boosting features, battery life shot up to 3 hours and 35 minutes.

HP Spectre x360: This small ultrabook handled GTA V for barely more than an hour before it gave up. But with AVG PC TuneUp, that number nearly doubled.

Watching HD movies

If you like watching movies or TV shows while on a long flight or train ride, battery life is your priority. Thanks to the combined power-saving capabilities of Economy Mode and Flight Mode, battery life was increased noticeably.

Sony Vaio 2011: Once all the power-consuming features of the Sony Vaio were turned off using AVG PC TuneUp, battery life went from barely over 2 hours to 4 1/2 hours: That's enough for one more Hollywood blockbuster.

HP Spectre x360: This one was even more astounding. Apparently all the background activity and Windows' default power management drained the battery after roughly 4 1/2 hours. But once all of this was fixed with AVG, we saw battery life more than double to almost 10 hours.

108%longer battery lifeSony Vaio

130

271

(in minutes)

117%longer battery lifeHP Spectre x360

269

585

(in minutes)

We tested on a 7-year-old desktop PC and a brand-new ultrabook, both loaded up with 200 of the most popular software. To check out all our tests, procedures and how we optimized these systems, read our whitepaper here.